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A meta-meta-analysis of the effect of physical activity on depression and anxiety in non-clinical adult populations

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Rebar, Amanda L., Stanton, Robert, Geard, David, Short, Camille, Duncan, Mitch J., Vandelanotte, Corneel·2015·Health Psychology Review

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Amidst strong efforts to promote the therapeutic benefits of physical activity for reducing depression and anxiety in clinical populations, little focus has been directed towards the mental health benefits of activity for non-clinical populations. The objective of this meta-meta-analysis was to systematically aggregate and quantify high-quality meta-analytic findings of the effects of physical activity on depression and anxiety for non-clinical populations. A systematic search identified eight meta-analytic outcomes of randomised trials that investigated the effects of physical activity on depression or anxiety. The subsequent meta-meta-analyses were based on a total of 92 studies with 4310 participants for the effect of physical activity on depression and 306 study effects with 10,755 participants for the effect of physical activity on anxiety. Physical activity reduced depression by a medium effect [standardised mean difference (SMD) = -0.50; 95% CI: -0.93 to -0.06] and anxiety by a small effect (SMD = -0.38; 95% CI: -0.66 to -0.11). Neither effect showed significant heterogeneity across meta-analyses. These findings represent a comprehensive body of high-quality evidence that physical activity reduces depression and anxiety in non-clinical populations.

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Authors: Rebar, A. L., Stanton, R., Geard, D., Short, C., Duncan, M. J., & Vandelanotte, C.
Affiliations: Central Queensland University (AU)
Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men's Health (AU)
Corresponding author: Rebar, Amanda L.
ORCID: Rebar, Amanda L.
Stanton, Robert
Geard, David
Short, Camille
Duncan, Mitch J.
Vandelanotte, Corneel
Venue: Health Psychology Review
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2015-07-03
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Pages: 366-378
ISSN: 1743-7199 (ISSN-L)
1743-7202
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2015.1022901
OpenAlex: W2012435631
Cited by: 1,323
References: 60
Citations by year: 2026: 156 · 2025: 146 · 2024: 144 · 2023: 208 · 2022: 130 · 2021: 172 · 2020: 159 · 2019: 72 · 2018: 73 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 7
FWCI: 5.54
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Licence: cc-by
Locations: Health Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
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Funders: National Heart Foundation of Australia (Future Leadership Fellowship, ID: 100029)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
Keywords: physical activity, depression, anxiety, non-clinical population, mental health, exercise intervention, meta-meta-analysis
MeSH terms: Anxiety, Depression, Exercise Therapy, Humans, Mental Health, Exercise, Treatment Outcome

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